At Walmart stores – where the beautiful people shop – a man was shot by robbers in the car park outside the store in San Leandro, California store. At a Walmart in Kinston, North Carolina, security pepper sprayed the punters. One thing is certain: these are heady times of the pepper spraying industry. Also, bullets – there was a gunfight in the aisles at Fayetteville, North Carolina.

In Arizona a grandfather who tried to protect his grandson from stampeding Black Friday shoppers was hospitalised after a scuffle with police.

“They were fighting over bath towels on sale for $1.88, as ridiculous as that sounds,” Ohio Police Sergeant Jason Druckenmiller said. “A woman tried to get her hands on some towels when she was pushed from behind, and that’s when she came out swinging.”